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DEVOIR COMMUN ANGLAIS 3°
It’s ten o’clock in the evening. Everything is quiet at the Mousetrap Hotel. Suddenly, a man
comes running out of his room and down the stairs, shouting:
“Help! Help! Come and help me! My watch! My precious gold watch! Somebody has stolen it! Help!”
“What is it, Mr. Wealth? The hotel porter asked, “What happened? Can I help you?” The man
repeated: “My watch! My gold watch! Oh, please, I want my watch!”
The porter called the police. A few minutes later, Police officer Locumbo arrived at the hotel. He
asked Mr. Wealth to give all the possible details.
“You see, I was in my room, Room 22, on the second floor. The telephone rang. The person said:
“I’m calling you from the telephone box in front of the hotel; would you please come down and meet
me? I have something important to tell you but I don’t want other people to see me.” I was
intrigued; I know it was silly and perhaps dangerous, but I decided to go and see what it was about.
I carefully locked my door, took the key with me and went down. I walked down the stairs because
there was a note on the lift1 door “Sorry, the lift is out of order”. I went out of the hotel, I saw
the telephone box, but it was empty and there was nobody in the street. I was furious; I thought it
was a joke; but when I came back into my room, my gold watch was no longer on the bedside table!
It had disappeared!”
I.
COMPREHENSION GLOBALE: answer the following questions and make full
sentences (réponds aux questions suivantes en faisant des phrases complètes)
1) How many characters are there in the text? What are their names?
In the text there are three characters. Their names are M. Wealth, Police Officer
Locumbo and the porter.
2) When does the action take place
The action takes place at ten o’clock in the evening.
3) Where does the action take place?
The action takes place at the Mousetrap Hotel.
4) What is happening? Make a sentence to sum up (résumer) the text.
A guest of the Mousetrap hotel goes down the stairs in the evening, shouting that
someone has stolen his golden watch while he was called outside by a stranger.
1 Lift = ascenseur
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II.
COMPREHENSION APPROFONDIE
1) In the text, find the synonym of the following words or expressions
(Trouve dans le texte le synonyme des mots ou expressions suivantes -dans l’ordre
du texte)
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.1.a.
silent = quiet
.1.b.
to say twice (x2) = to repeat
.1.c.
stupid = silly
.1.d.
not to function = out of order
.1.e.
angry = furious
2) RIGHT / WRONG : circle the right answer and justify by quoting the text
(entoure la bonne réponse et justifie en citant le texte)
W
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a) The action takes place in the afternoon.
“It’s ten o’clock in the evening”. L.1
W
b) Mr Wealth is the manager of the hotel.
“You see, I was in my room, room 22…” L.8
R
c) His watch has disappeared.
“It had disappeared”. L. 16
R
d) Officer Locumbo arrived very quickly.
“A few minutes later, Police Officer Locumbo arrived at the hotel.” L.6
W
e) The person on the phone called it from the hotel.
“I’m calling you from the telephone box in front of the hotel”
W
L.9
f) Mr Wealth was not surprised by this phone call.
“I was intrigued”
W
L10/11.
g) Mr Wealth forgot to lock his door.
“I carefully locked my door”
R / W
h) He took the lift to go down.
“I walked down the stairs” L. 12
III.
L.12
/ “The lift is out of order” L. 13
GRAMMAIRE
1) Donner le temps des formes verbales suivantes et transformer les à la forme négative
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a) I was / prétérit simple / I was not
b) I know / présent simple / I do not know
c) I decided / préterit simple / I did not decide
d) I went / préterit simple / I did not go
e) A man comes / présent simple / a man does not come
f)
I’ m calling / présent en be-ing / I am not calling
2) Traduire le texte de la ligne 8 (« - You see I was…) à la ligne 11 (it was about ») /4
J’étais dans ma chambre, voyez-vous, la chambre 22 au deuxième étage. Le téléphone a sonné et
l’interlocuteur a dit : « Je vous appelle depuis une cabine téléphonique en face de l’hôtel.
Pourriez-vous venir à ma rencontre s’il vous plaît ? J’ai quelque chose d’important à vous dire
mais je ne veux pas que d’autres personnes me voient. » J’étais intrigué. Je sais que c’était idiot
et peut-être même dangereux mais j’ai décidé d’aller voir ce qu’il en était.
3) Ask the questions on the underlined words
(pose la question sur les éléments soulignés)
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a) The porter called the police.
1.A.1.
Who called the police?
1.A.2.
Who did the porter call?
b) I saw the telephone box.
1.A.3.
What did you see?
c) A few minutes later, Police Officer Locumbo arrived at the hotel.
1.A.4.
When did Police Officer Locumbo arrive at the hotel?
1.A.5.
Where did Police Officer Locumbo arrive a few minutes later?
4) Irregular Verbs of the text : fill in the chart below
(Verbes irréguliers du texte : remplir le tableau suivant)
Base verbale
Come
Run
Steal
Ring
Meet
Tell
See
Know
Go
think
prétérit
came
ran
stole
rang
met
told
saw
knew
went
thought
Participe passé
come
run
stolen
rung
met
told
seen
known
gone
thought
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Traduction
venir
courir
Voler, dérober
Sonner
Rencontrer
Raconter, dire
Voir
Savoir, connaître
Aller
penser